I didn’t go abroad for cosmetic surgery – Patience Jonathan

 L–R: President Goodluck Jonathan; his mother, Eunice; wife of the President, Patience; one of the President’s children; and wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Helen Mark, during the reception for Mrs. Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja ... on Wednesday.

 

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience, returned to the country on Wednesday after spending about seven weeks abroad.

Mrs. Jonathan arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from a foreign country widely believed to be Germany. She returned in one of the aircraft in the Presidential Fleet

As soon as she alighted from the aircraft, she denied media reports that she went abroad for cosmetic surgery. She also denied being an in-patient in a German hospital on account of a terminal disease, adding that her husband loved her physique.

She said, “I read in the media where they said I was in the hospital. God Almighty knows I have never been to that hospital. I don’t even know the hospital they mentioned.

Robbie Middleton, Boy Set On Fire On 8th Birthday, Recorded Deathbed Video... Don Collins Raped Him Before Attack

Robbie Middleton was doused in gasoline and set on fire at the age of 8.

On Robbie Middleton's eighth birthday in 1998, he was covered in gasoline and set on fire.

Thirteen years later, shortly before dying of complications from the burns, Middleton recorded a video where he not only named his alleged attacker, but also accused the attacker of raping him two weeks before the incident, the Houston Chronicle reports. The video was the first time Middleton mentioned the rape publicly.

Last month, the family's lawyer, David Walker, filed murder charges against 27-year-old Don Collins. The sexual assault allegations have allowed Walker to file the charges as a felony murder, which requires that the murder occurred in conjunction with another offense, according to the Chronicle.

Collins was 13 years old when he allegedly tied the 8-year-old to a tree, threw a cup of gasoline in his face, and lit him on fire. The attack occurred on a forest path near the boys' homes in Splendora, Texas, while Middleton was walking to a friend's house, the LA Times reports.

Middleton was left with blackened skin and burned-off eyelids, and needed over 200 operations and extensive physical therapy to repair the damage done by the flames.

Middleton ultimately died in April 2011, at age 20, of a type of cancer that can only occur as a result of complications from skin grafts for third-degree burns, according to the Daily Mail. His death was ruled a homicide.

Though Collins was detained in connection with the assault, he was later released. Montgomery County Attorney David Walker told the LA Times that Collins was not initially charged because evidence "was not clear or necessarily compelling at that time"

In addition, Middleton's crippling injuries severely limited his abilities to explain what had happened to him. Walker says that was exactly Collin's intention.

The boy's parents were awarded $150 billion in a civil lawsuit against Collins in December 2011, while Collins was serving prison time for failing to register as a sex offender. He had been convicted in 2001 of sexually assaulting a child in a case unrelated to Middleton.

The award was largely symbolic and the parents don't expect to ever see any money. According to the Schulenberg Sticker, the family hoped the verdict would pressure the county into prosecuting Collins for murder.

When Collins was released from prison in September, Walker filed murder charges against him, charging him as an adult, rather than a juvenile.

 

 

 

 

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First Photos Of Dame Patience Jonathan, All Smiles As She Arrives At The Airport

After several weeks of speculations, Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has finally arrived the country from her trip to Germany.

All smiles, the First Lady arrived on Wednesday afternoon at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on a presidential jet at about 4 pm. She was welcomed by some top government functionaries and other well-wishers.




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COURT TRIAL: Slain banker had over 76 stab wounds –Pathologist

Banker, Titilayo Arowolo, who was allegedly murdered by his 31-year-old husband, Akolade, on June 24, 2011, had a minimum of 76 stab wounds, Prof. John Fafunwa, of the Department of Pathology, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, has said.

Fafunwa told an Ikeja High Court on Monday that he carried out the post-mortem examination alongside a Consultant Pathologist, Dr. Sunday Soyemi, and a trainee pathologist identified simply as Dr. Lawal.

He said Titilayo’s body was brought to LASUTH on June 25 putting on a pink sleeveless top and blue jean trousers, adding that he did the body identification on July 4, 2011 and the autopsy on July 6, 2011.

Fafunwa while being led in evidence by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs. Olabisi Ogungbesan, said the wounds were more than 76, adding that he had to group similar wounds.

ALUU 4: Suspects paraded at the Rivers State Police Command...Suspects: Yes, we beat them, but …

The police on Tuesday announced a major breakthrough in their investigation into the lynching of four University of Port Harcourt students. The videotaped lynching of the students sparked outrage nationwide and the clip of the killings went viral on the Internet.

The IG disclosed the arrest during a security meeting with Chief Executive Officers and security officers of banks at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

“I want to announce that we have made a breakthrough in the Aluu killings. The two main suspects in the case have been arrested and they will be prosecuted,” he said. The arrest brings the number of suspects arrested by the police to 23.

The students were set upon by a mob in Aluu, a community close to the university, and lynched.